>> firing at our officers. they are concerned. they don't know what is going to happen in the traffic stop. jillian: it is friday, august 17th, this is "fox and friends first". of phoenix police officer fighting for his life after a traffic stop turns into an ambush. >> wheeler what happened before shots are fired. lives matter taking a stand against anthem kneelers. jillian: the press gets personal

with donald trump. rob: the media lashes out in defense of itself. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ ♪ rob: going to need some good music today. i have got to wake up. jillian: you have heard this song, it appears. when you get the smallest bit of approval from rob it is a good morning. rob: i am not whining about it. you are watching "fox and friends first" on friday morning. jillian: thanks for starting the day with us. we begin with a fox news alert.

and ambush attack in phoenix overnight. rob: police say he was attempted a traffic spot when the suspect opened fire. the identified officer shot back, he had the suspect are in critical condition. >> they don't know what is going to happen in that traffic stop but at the same time they put this uniform on and put a vest on. rob: fellow men and women in blue waiting outside the hospital showing support for that officer. police say he has been on the force for only a year. the white house is putting sanctions on turkey of an american pastor is not freed. >> they have not proven to be a good friend. they have a great christian pastor there. it is a terrible thing.

rob: the us putting increasing pressure on turkey as the government refuses to release pastor andrew brunson who was arrested in 2016 accused of spying and terrorism. he strongly denies the charges. jillian: the pentagon postponing the military parade until next year. it was expected to take place in november but according to the reports it would have cost $92 million, 3 times the initial estimate. james mattis is pushing back on the claim. >> whoever told you that is smoking something that is illegal in my state. you will look like an idiot. jillian: donald trump is inspired to a military parade after witnessing france's bastille day celebration. rob: nothing i want more than a free press, donald trump sounding off after 300 newspapers nationwide run

editorials criticizing him. jillian: jackie ibanez joins us with the president's bold response. >> reporter: the media invited to take a front row seat after hundreds of newspaper editorials criticized his treatment of journalists. >> if you like, you can stay a few like you can leave. freedom of the press. >> the president making light of serious criticism written in op-eds around the country, miami herald publishing we all as citizens have a stake in this fight and the battle lines seem pretty clear. if one calls the present enemy of the american people, what stop someone from coming for your friends or family or you? and editor on that staff calling out trump supporters as a lost hope. >> if we do not stick up for the

first amendment, who will? it was an initiative not to change the hearts and minds of trump or trump supporters. i think they are too far gone. jillian: donald from far from silent over the initiative organized by the boston globe sending a series of tweets saying, quote, the fake news media is the opposition party, very bad for our great country but we are winning and there's nothing i want more for our country then true freedom of the press. majority of the papers that participated did not endorse donald trump in 2016. 20 major papers did not publish critical editorials. the coordinated effort comes as the senate unanimously passed a resolution that says undermining the press is an attack on our democracy. jillian: a missing mother and her two daughters found dead in colorado. her husband and the girl's father is behind bars, quick chris watts facing murder charges after admitting to police he killed them. of the rest coming days after

this chilling interview. >> it is not something i could fathom in my lifetime and i have no inclination. >> they were missing on monday when she didn't show up for a doctors appointment. >> 100 synthetic marijuana overdoses handing out drugs for free. >> our belief this individual may have had a chance of trying to get people addicted to this product and starting a chain of clients for themselves. >> police in connecticut, 90 people address on potent drugs at yale university. several victims returned to the scene after being treated and overdosed again. some required three trips to the

hospital. at least three people are under arrest. >> a body found that the filthy new mexico compound is identified as a missing little boy. investigators find the remains of 3-year-old abdul, prosecutors claim his father kidnapped him from georgia and brought him to that compound for an exorcism. mom says at least she has a sense of closure. no new charges filed at this point. five adult suspects charged with child abuse after 11 kids were found starving in the compound, suspected muslim extremists accused of training these kids to become school shooters. the father of the missing iowa college student mollie tibbetts opening up about a meeting with mike pence. >> it was general and real and touching, it was not a politician at all but another

father. who will provide molly's story. rob: living through a nightmare. the vice president prayed for the family. molly has been missing for more than a month. there were 200 tips this week. ♪ respect ♪ that is what it means to me ♪ respect ♪ jillian: aretha franklin has died. with those 7 letters she made her mark in music history. >> laura angle looks back at her legacy. >> reporter: aretha franklin was born on october 5, 1942, in memphis, tennessee to a baptist preacher father and gospel singer mother, franklin was one of five children following parent separation to detroit, michigan. regarded as child prodigy, her

traveling revival show, it was there she honed her musical skills. she was only 18 when she signed a record deal releasing the great aretha franklin, she had the top 10, and a new label in 1967 to crossover to the pop charts. the release of the album i never loved a man the way i love you is viewed one of her most popular songs ever earning her respect worldwide. >> respect was on the charts. >> and and some for women everywhere, the sun catapulted her to the big stage winning two grammys. and the second african-american women to appear on the cover of time magazine. she was invited to speak at the funeral of martin luther king

jr.. in 1987 franklin broke another barrier, the first woman inducted into the rock 'n roll hall of fame and stood before the nation performing at president clinton's inauguration it became the youngest recipient, the kennedy center honors one year later. it didn't stop there. from 2005 president george bush honored her with a presidential medal of freedom, the highest award bestowed on a civilian. the legendary singer recorded 17 top 10 hits, she won 18 grammys plus two additional honorary grammy awards. the soundtrack to their lives. and to spread a message of respect, something she says is a basic human right. in new york, laura ingram, fox

news. jillian: what a voice, what a life. rob: the life she had was incredible. 10 minutes after the hour. critics slamming donald trump for revoking john brennan's security clearance better next guest says mormon obama era officials should be on the chopping block. jim hansen outlines who should be next to lose their clearance and why. >> the big surprise. open it. jillian: just wait until you see what is inside the box.

>> a lot of controversy

following donald trump's decision to revoke john brennan's security clearance and several other obama era officials could be next. rob: joining us to explain why the move was warranted is former special forces veteran and president of security studies group jim hansen, thanks for coming back. the politicization, a hard one to say, of the justice department is a new problem. do you think this got started under the obama administration where they started to look out for the democratic party? >> absolutely. one of the biggest problems this country has seen was the use of state power including our intelligence apparatus to smear a political opponent. all of the obama team seems to have been involved in this and the dnc is an external organization. the steel dossier which was funded by the dnc went into the

justice department and was evaluated by intelligence agencies by people including brennan and clapper, all these people discussed this and used that information to leak to the present to other things that were damaging to donald trump. jillian: this tweet from john brennan, quote, this action is part of a broader effort by donald trump to support us freedom of speech and punish critics. it should gravely worry all-americans including intelligence professionals about the cost of speaking out. my principles are worth far more than clearances. i will not relent. about people argue no one is stopping him from speaking out. >> i have seen him on television. he had an op-ed in newspapers, the guy won't shut up. the idea anyway silencing him is absurd. what we are doing is making sure someone as delusional and unhinged as him making claims that trump has been blackmailed

by vladimir putin should not be anywhere near us intelligence information ever and that is why you revoke his clearance as opposed to pulling his access. he needs to be stopped so a new president if a democrat comes in office can't return him to a position where he has access to that information ever again. rob: a baseless claim of treason which is a huge claim to make. we have seen everything leak out of washington in the past couple years, somehow this big thing everybody wants him of the collusion, hasn't leaked out so making that claim is a big step. the officials under review right now, so many for your names, dates clapper, james comey, sally yates, susan rice, andrew mc abe, peter stzrok, lisa page and the new darling of this, bruce ohr at the end. how many should go? >> i don't think any of the people on that list should have access to intelligence information. a second step to revoke the

clearance would require a misdeed. simply being an opponent of donald trump is not warranted revoking clearance but brennan went beyond that. the other thing to keep in mind is there are ongoing investigations and many of the people you names, brennan included are suspects for leaking classified information to the media that was used to smear trump and generate the idea that there was trump russia collusion. so far the only evidence seems to point that the collusion was between democrats outside and democrats inside the trump, the obama administration to smear donald trump. they need to look at all those people and see if they were the ones doing the leaking. jillian: thank you for your time. 18 after the hour. he was arrested at the airport

trying to flee the country but debbie wasserman schultz's former it age says he doesn't deserve to go to jail. we will tell you why. rob: frying up a storm, a restaurant getting threats because it changed the way it makes french fries. carly shimkus is here with the menu switch sparking major controversy. ♪ this wi-fi is fast.

i know! i know! i know! i know! when did brian move back in? brian's back? he doesn't get my room. he's only going to be here for like a week. like a month, tops. oh boy. wi-fi fast enough for the whole family is simple, easy, awesome. in many cultures, young men would stay with their families until their 40's. jillian: many people including donald trump paying tribute to music legend aretha franklin. >> he brought joy to millions of lives that her legacy will thrive and inspire many generations to come. she was given a great gift from god, her voice.

rob: carly shimkus from serious xm 115 here with attributes pouring in from around the world. >> reporter: the world showing respect to the queen of soul, donald trump expressed his condolences on twitter save the queen of soul, aretha franklin, is dead. she was a great woman with a wonderful gift from god. she will be missed. aretha franklin lost her battle with frank reedit cancer surrounded by family and friends. political leaders and music legend singing her praise. elton john saying it played magnificently and we all wept. we are witnessing the greatest soul artist of all time. i adored her and worshiped her talents we got lesser. my condolences to all her friends and family. we shared the same birthday. that meant so much to me. paul mccartney, let's all take a moment to give thanks for the beautiful life of aretha franklin, the queen of our soul who inspired us for many years. she will be missed but the memory of her greatness as a musician and fine human being

will live with us forever. people are leaving floral arrangements at the apollo theater. rob: this just continues. cops and the nfl not getting along. >> blue lives matter turned down an invitation to work with the jets to partner with them. according to emails from the new york post the founder of blue lives matter said this. all over the united states players feel entitled to disrespect our first responders, military members past and present and our flag. these players make more money in a season some people make in a lifetime and their issues are made up, exaggerated and more times than not false. social media chiming in on this. jeff says good for the boys in blue. another twitter user says

instead of police officers risking their lives and putting their time in protecting nfl, hire their own security, debra says they didn't watch any games last year and won't watch any this year as long as players continue to take a knee. jillian: how dare a restaurant change its french fry recipe. >> a major showdown over the shape of french fries, a restaurant responding to angry customers fired up because they changed the shape of their fries, going from crinkled to straight cut. they posted on facebook they are still fresh cut daily, still use the best potatoes in maine. we believe in providing the best of what he can to our loyal customers. what do you think? it changes the taste. rob: if it works, why are you

changing it? >> they say the glaze is more expensive with the crinkles. rob: thanks so much. a brand-new bombshell surrounding bruce ohr. fox news uncovering his deep connections to the anti-trump dossier. live in washington with emails and text messages. jillian: scotty mccreary rocking the plaza for the all-american summer concert series. we are coming back. ♪ tonight ♪ tonight ♪ tonight ♪ [ loesch ] this is superbeets and i swear by it.

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to strip more clearances from obama era officials. griff jenkins live in washington dc with details. >> reporter: we are learning about doj official bruce ohr and the role he may have played in surveillance abuse and the dossier. a review by fox news shows he was deeply connected, his wife worked for fusion gps, the firm by the clinton campaign that produced the dossier based on research by christopher steele. he appears to have maintained the back channel with steel. congressional leaders have taken notice. >> the fbi getting parts of the dossier from bruce ohr, his wife worked for the firm the clintons hired to put together the dossier and given it to the fbi. it is never supposed to work that way, but it did.

>> worried about the president hiring james comey. afraid they will be exposed. the justice department declined to comment on ohr. and the only official currently working in the government was on the president's list, on security clearances under review. donald trump noticed and is tweeting, the justice department worked for fusion gps, disgraced and fired fbi agent peter stzrok, too crazy to be believed, the rigged witchhunt has 0 credibility. we have another development here, interesting to see what develops a week from tuesday with ohr's interview.

rob: it will be interesting to hear that explanation. this week at the rest of a suspected isis fighter in sacramento is one of several terror cases in that sanctuary state. omar a.m.i and arrived in the united states after literally murdering on a rocky police officer. one man sentenced to 15 years in prison this week for plotting and isis inspired christmas day attack on san francisco.. donald trump has taken an aggressive stance closing loopholes that open our borders to people like the california isis suspects. according to the former deputy campaign manager, this is more proof that congress is failing on immigration. >> this is exactly the reason the president decided border security is a national security issue, one of the reasons he got elected in the first place, to

stop the barack obama failed the american people throughout his presidency on this issue. they had what was called rigorous that in. it was ridiculous. they let these refugees in who had no idea what they were or what their backgrounds were, a top killer in a rack claiming to be a vegetable salesman. this is outrageous conduct by the obama administration. that is why this president got elected and in the midterms the american people have to understand the stark differences we have here. rob: in june the supreme sexual that thousands of children were molested by hundreds of priests. expressing shame and sorrow the

vatican says the church must learn hard lessons from its past, two days after damaging report led by pennsylvania attorney general accusing church leader in the vatican of covering it all up. jillian: the lawyer for debbie wasserman schultz says his client deserve no jail time because donald trump and the media are mean to him. he pleaded guilty to bank fraud last month and will be sentenced the next week. he was banned from the network after congressional investigators made unauthorized access to computers. he was arrested at the airport trying to fly to pakistan. senate democrats vowing the national archives to obtain documents from supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh's time as an aid to george w. bush. >> we have unprecedented and historic obstruction by senate republicans.

they are giving us 7% of brett kavanaugh's documents. what is in the 93% that they don't want to show us? >> he will ask brett cavanagh about the document when he meets with him next week. week 2 of the preseason, players protesting during the national anthem. standing in a tunnel before last night's game against the patriots, in a super bowl rematch, wearing a t-shirt wearing you are not listening during pregame, he raised a fist during the and some. michael bennett stayed in the locker room. they crushed the eagles 37-20. rob: donald trump signing off after 300 newspapers nationwide run editorials criticizing him but some people argue both sides in this are to blame. >> it was an initiative not to change the hearts and minds of trump or trump supporters.

i think they are too far gone. >> too many in the press made this all about them. rob: discussing this is executive director of accuracy in media, gus court tell a. the boston globe, good to have you here, the boston globe says according to the president any media that doesn't blatantly support us administration policy, the president's policies are the enemy of the people and they say that is the first order of business for any corrupt regime, a state run media. i don't argue that. it is extremely important. do you think both sides are little bit right and a little bit wrong on this issue? >> certainly the president has a right to feel my lines. the media has not covered him entirely fairly. if anything they have botched multiple stores with relation to not just his administration but

even coming in, his campaign. he does have a right to feel my lines that. it is important to know it is on the record that multiple stores have been botched with relation to him and the work they are doing. rob: the president here takes this too far but there is a good point. a lot of people for many years if not decades have felt a general left leaning feel of the media. i have been a lot of newsrooms that pump out news that goes into this country and they are filled with very liberal people in there is no way to keep that from bleeding into the coverage. >> i think there is. there is a media that is fair and balanced on all sides, there is a way to cover what the president is doing, the accomplishments of the administration but some criticism.

you can have someone from both parties making the case for what the president is doing and what he should be doing but it should be covered fairly. there have been multiple cases with cnn and the new york times where they completely botched several reportings with relation to the administration and administration officials. rob: accidents happen, no business is perfect, there are going to be mistakes on any side of the media. what has been the most disappointing is some places took the bait on this and decided to expose themselves, how much they don't like the president in the wake of his comments. some outlets have gone completely anti-trump and to some extent help to prove his deka where they would have done themselves a better service to

stay mainstream, just call the president, say what it is and keep doing good coverage. >> it is fair to cover the news. when someone attacks you it is fair for any publication to defend itself. it is unfair when the publication defend itself by going after the president in ways that aren't fair. a great example from time magazine where a reporter claimed the bust of martin luther king at the beginning of trump's administration was removed from the oval office. turns out someone was standing in front of it is people couldn't see it so they had to retract that report. little hits like that cause problems. rob: that is a great example of what we are talking about. we have to support the press because it is an extraordinarily important thing, we both know that. we appreciate your time. jillian: 39 after the hour.

new york democratic governor andrew cuomo hits from left to right for the not so great statement. >> we are not going to make america great again. we were never that great. jillian: republicans but the liberal a 1-way bus ticket out of town where he could soon be headed. rob: michael bloomberg, michelle obama, some names democrats have tossed into the 20/20 ring but who is the left's best bet? the democratic panel on deck to debate that next. ♪

rob: laura trump ripping into kim jong un to -- omarosa, airing excerpts of the tape that showed the president's daughter-in-law offering her a job with the reelection campaign

after she was fired from the white house. omarosa saw it as an attempt by her silence. laura said woman to woman i shared a connection with kim jong un for is a friend and campaign sister and i'm shocked and saddened by her betrayal in violation on a personal level. i hope it is all worth rob: boy, is he regretting that statement was the gop so taxpayers tipton $55, the cost too much for bus ticket to canada for the governor. the governor has not responded and is refusing to apologize for the comments.

they are trying to explain it all away. jillian: michelle obama, dozens of democrats being thrown into the ring as the best bet to beat donald trump in 2020 but who really stands a chance? joining me to debate? political commentator wendy stucco, thank you for being here this morning. i will start with you. who is your choice to run against donald trump in 2020? >> the first person that will run against donald trump is donald trump's record and his twitter account. my pick, joe kennedy is the kind of person that can inspire the largest block of voters, millennials. you will see his name come up more and more because the next generation of leaders will want someone like him to lift up our country. after so much negative things that happened with donald trump. jillian: the next generation will need to know who he is.

>> that is part of the campaign process. you have a vigorous primary, people see lots of people on stage and pick the person they like. there will be lots of choices for democrats but the person that makes the best case against donald trump is donald trump's twitter account. jillian: some people like his twitter account. some people enjoy it. a lot of people rely on social media as a form of communication. wendy, would you agree on joe kennedy? >> i dissent on that because myself as a millennial we are looking for characteristics, kennedy has them but i'm not sure he will be a front runner. polls are misleading, we have joe biden who is the front runner and a lot of polls. we know joe biden, he is a white male, 75 years old looking for

fresh blood. joe biden will get into the dirt with trump. someone who will punch back and speak to those flyover states, someone who is there for the people and he has that record. what i will say, whoever is the winning ticket for the democrat is going to have ethnic or gender minorities, someone who speaks to that demographic, we have candidates like kristin jill a brand, and someone who speaks to these minority groups. >> the divide in the democratic party, that you are united in messaging going forward and who should be the main candidate. when do you think your party

will be able to come together a little more? >> first we are going to win the house and senate in the 2018 election. that gets us united and allows us to have a competitive primary getting people through the primary process. we are very far away from the 2020 election. we are about to go into a 2018 election which is likely to be the most devastating collection republicans have had in decades. jillian: with the rise of the socialist movement adding a strain to it. >> the bigger dividers in the republican party. the republican party is starting to splinter and become smaller. >> 20 seconds left. i will give wendy the last word. >> i don't think democrats are divided. we rally against the fact we

went candidates were not misogynistic, bigots, racists. at the end of the day when it comes down to who we are going to vote for, we rally to somebody who speaks to those principles and we want someone who is able to speak to the minority population and will have a minority on their ticket. jillian: we will see. rob: 49 after the hour, social media helping dealers to liver drugs faster than pizza, facebook finally cracking down. what is being done to stop the sale of opioids online. jillian: the soldier dad surprising his son in a heartwarming way. the story behind the video that will make your morning. ♪ you can't go wrong ♪ who says you can't go home ♪ this wi-fi is fast.

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jillian: welcome back, facebook cracking down on drug dealers trying to sell deadly opioids online. rob: crazy carrasco has more -- tracy carrasco and when the social media is taking action. >> reporter: facebook made it harder to find content pages or even groups that could help with the sale of opioids on facebook. they blocked hundreds of terms that could be associated with the sale of drugs. they are only going to focus on showing links to news stories about drug abuse awareness and get help feature is something they said they would be launching earlier this year directing people to a national helpline if they need it. jillian: it might be worth 20

minutes, the advent calendar. >> mark the date down, november 7th is when this wine and cheese calendar goes on, one will sell 24 many bottles of wine, $69.99, red, white, bubble, many kinds and there will be 24 imported brands of cheese and all that. this is one way to countdown to christmas. jillian: we will make a date and go down. rob: the good, the bad and the ugly, this boy thought his mom got him a box of toys but the surprising side was way better.

>> daddy! rob: that is something else. hugging his soldier father, deployment. >> a woman beating him up as he tries to grab money from the cash register. the cookie eventually gets up and walks out. he is on the run. rob: finally the ugly. let's see that again. good night. the colorado man slamming into the pavement after being hit with a stun gun, did not give details on charges against him. he is heading to jail after being released from the hospital.

>> coming up at 5:00, republicans and democrats seeing red after new york's liberal governor said this. >> we are not going to make america great again. it was never that great. rob: american hero joey jones lost both of his legs in a bomb blast serving this country. he joins us live with a message to the governor the next hour of "fox and friends first". - my family and i did a fundraiser walk in honor of my dad,

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>> each and everyday are officers talk about what is unacceptable. jillian: fighting for his life. a phoenix police officer ambushed overnight. rob: the examination happening overnight. rob: our first look at a rare firenaddo taking the life of a firefighter. jillian: the documents revealing how the trump dossier was created. rob: "fox and friends first" continues right now. ♪